Lincoln

Schools in Lincoln serve students in grades PK–8 at two elementary schools — Lincoln School and Hanscom School — with a combined enrollment of about 1,039 students, all within the Lincoln school district, which ranks 83rd of 351 Massachusetts districts, at the 76th percentile with 4 stars.

Lincoln School is the academic standout. In 2025–26 it ranked 135th of 899 Massachusetts schools (85th percentile, 4 stars), with proficiency above both district and state in every reported subject: 60.42% in English language arts, 67.66% in mathematics, 66.97% in science, and 67.31% in civics. Its grade-8 mathematics score of 86.54% is far above the district's 64.29% and the state's 41.67%. The school has slipped from 5 stars and the 90th–91st percentile in the two prior years, and declined in every subject year over year, but remains high-performing.

Hanscom School ranked 457th of 899 (49th percentile, 2 stars), down from 3 stars and the 59th percentile a year earlier. Its all-grade scores are 46.32% in ELA, 44.20% in mathematics, 47.06% in science, and 65.00% in civics — below the district in the first three subjects but above the state in all. Civics is where the two schools nearly tie, and Hanscom's 8th graders shine: 69.05% in ELA, above Lincoln's 8th grade, and 65.00% in civics, up from 37.50% the prior year. Weak spots include 5th grade ELA at 26.09% and 5th grade science at 34.09%. Notably, Hanscom has the smaller classes (8.1 students per teacher versus 9.2) and slightly higher per-student spending ($28,262 versus $27,456 in 2020–21), though free/reduced lunch data is not reported for either school.